Subshrubs, mat-forming, 1–1.5(–3) dm; rhizomatous, stoloniferous. Stems 1–5(–12), prostrate, glabrous. Leaves persistent, often marcescent, cauline, alternate (internodes elongating apically), primarily crowded basally, simple; petiole present, ?narrowly winged?; blade obtrullate, 0.5–1.5 cm, pergamentaceous, 2–3(–5)-ternately lobed, margins flat, venation suprabasal, actinodromous, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences terminal, 5–20(–30)-flowered, racemes, glabrescent to villous; ?peduncles present?; bracts reducing acropetally from 2-ternate to simple, linear; bracteoles absent. Pedicels present. Flowers 3–6 mm diam.; epicalyx bractlets 0; hypanthium hemispheric, 0.5–1 mm, glabrous or villous; sepals 5, spreading to erect, deltate; petals 5, white, spatulate to obovate; stamens 20, shorter than petals, ?filaments basally connate?; torus thickened, ?10-lobed?; carpels (4 or)5(or 6), free, adaxially sparsely villous, styles terminal; ovules 3–5. Fruits aggregated follicles, (4 or)5(or 6), falcate, truncated at proximal end, 2–3 mm, sericeous adaxially; hypanthium persistent; sepals persistent, spreading to erect; styles deciduous. Seeds 1–4, elongate-fusiform. x = 9.
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